Assessment of Occupational Safety Practices Among Medical Laboratory Staff in Governmental Hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Alshalani, Abdulaziz J.; Salama, Khaled Fikry

doi:10.5296/jss.v5i1.14992

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“…When asked further, it was noted that the training was conducted on an annual basis. When compared to a recent published study, unlike the present study, it was reported that more than one-third of medical laboratory staff in government hospitals in Saudi Arabia did not attend safety training or laboratory orientation (30). It is expected that the knowledge level of workers will improve after attending safety training which will also lead to improvement of attitude, showing a possible relation between knowledge and attitude.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Occupational Safety and Health Among Laboratory Workers in OSHMS Certified and Non-Certified Public Universities in Malaysia

Paul¹,

Abidin²,

Mahmmud³

2022

MJMHS

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Introduction: The use of chemicals in teaching laboratories exposes students and laboratory staff to risk arising from hazardous chemicals. Accidents related to poor management and handling of chemicals have been reported in teaching laboratories. Good implementation of occupational safety and health (OSH) in organisation that has implemented OSH-Management System (OSH-MS) plays an important role in reducing accidents at the workplace. The aim of this study is to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) related to the OSH aspect in chemical handling among workers in OSH-MS certified and non-certified public universities in Malaysia. Method: This is a cross-sectional survey involving laboratory workers in four public universities in Malaysia. A total of 120 laboratory staff were recruited and data on KAP was collected using self-administered questionnaires disseminated physically and via online platforms. Items in the questionnaire were adapted from previous studies and published guidelines. Data obtained were entered into statistical software for analysis. Results: About 76% of workers in certified universities have high knowledge, 94% have a positive attitude, and 88% have good practice in OSH. In non-certified universities, 70% have high knowledge, 97.1% have a positive attitude and 81.4% have good practice in OSH. Good practice level was significantly higher in certified universities. Knowledge, in general, was associated with younger age and higher education level while attitude was linked to gender. Conclusion: There were higher percentages of good OSH practice among laboratory workers in OSH-MS certified universities. Structured and systematic OSH governance can facilitate better OSH practice and implementation in certified public universities.

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Occupational Safety and Health Among Laboratory Workers in OSHMS Certified and Non-Certified Public Universities in Malaysia

Paul¹,

Abidin²,

Mahmmud³

2022

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“…These results agreed with the study findings done in Nigeria [6], which found that most of the participants were females, and another similar study in India [9] revealed that the highest percentage (80%) of the study samples were females. Furthermore, these results are consistent with the study findings done in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [10], which found the participants proportion in the study for females higher than males. But, these results differ from the findings study in Palestine [11] who found that most participants were males.…”

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Assessment of Physical and Chemical hazards Among Health Care Workers in Wasit Governorate

Al-mayahi¹,

Alibraheem²,

AL-Thammer³

2022

Proceedings of 2nd International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Integrated Sciences and Technologies, IMDC-IST 2021, 7-9

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Health care workers are on the front lines of this worldwide pandemic, with the significant burden of identifying and treating an increasingly expanding number of severely sick patients, sometimes making vital decisions under physical and psychological stress. This study is descriptive; a cross-sectional study conducted at four hospitals in Wasit governorate. The data collection started from December 2020 till March 2021. The Data were collected by direct interview with the health worker by the researcher, by using a selfreporting questionnaire from the occupation hazard dimension, which includes two domains: physical hazards and chemical hazards. The statistical method used includes Mean, Standard Deviation, and Chi-square. Statistical significance was considered whenever the P-value was equal to or less than 0.05. The current study found that the highest percentage 254 (57.6%) were in the age group <30 years, there was a distinct female's preponderance of 242(54.9%). There is a highly significant positive correlation (P-value <0.01) between physical hazards and prevention and control methods (r= 0.144 * ); a highly significant positive correlation (P-value <0.01) between chemical hazards, and prevention and control methods (r= 0.770 * ).where the chemical hazard reached to241(54.6%) while followed physical hazards reached to 196(44.4%) the results also showed Weighted Mean for physical hazard equal 3.28±0.67which is within the medium level risk.

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“…Clinical laboratory workers conduct and analyze diagnostic tests to aid physicians in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of their patients. As their roles involve handling clinical specimens collected from patients, including biochemical, microbiological, hematological, serological, pathological, and cytological tests, the laboratory workers are exposed to hazardous substances, including chemicals and biological agents [2].…”

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Best practices for implementing biosafety inspections in a clinical laboratory: Evidence from a multi-site experimental study

Qin,

Tseng,

Chen

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Objectives To explore the key components when designing best practice inspection interventions, so as to induce high compliance with safety guidelines for laboratory workers. Methods Five key components of an inspection intervention, identified from a focus group discussion, were used as the attributes of a discrete choice experiment (DCE). In the DCE, participants were presented with two hypothetical scenarios and asked to choose the scenario in which they were more willing to comply with the laboratory safety guidelines. Data were collected from 35 clinical laboratories in seven healthcare institutes located in Chengdu, China. In total, 188 laboratory workers completed the DCE. The collected data were analyzed using conditional logit regression and latent class analysis. Results Five key attributes were identified as the most important ones to best ensure laboratory safety: the inspector, the inspection frequency, the inspection timing, the communication of the inspection outcome, and a follow-up with either a reward or a punishment. By investigating the laboratory workers’ responses to the attributes, properly implementing the five attributes could improve the workers’ compliance from 25.86% (at the baseline case) to 74.54%. Compliance could be further improved with the consideration of the laboratory workers’ heterogeneous reactions. In this study, two classes of workers, A and B, were identified. Compliance percentages for Classes A and B would be improved to 85.48% and 81.84%, respectively, when the key attributes were properly implemented for each class. The employment type and the size of the laboratory could be used to predict class membership. Conclusion The findings indicate the importance of an employee-centered approach in encouraging a worker’s compliance. This approach also supports the design of tailored interventions by considering the laboratory workers’ heterogeneous responses to the interventions.

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Assessment of Occupational Safety Practices Among Medical Laboratory Staff in Governmental Hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 11 publications

References 34 publications

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Occupational Safety and Health Among Laboratory Workers in OSHMS Certified and Non-Certified Public Universities in Malaysia

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Occupational Safety and Health Among Laboratory Workers in OSHMS Certified and Non-Certified Public Universities in Malaysia

Assessment of Physical and Chemical hazards Among Health Care Workers in Wasit Governorate

Best practices for implementing biosafety inspections in a clinical laboratory: Evidence from a multi-site experimental study

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